Platanthera whangshanensis (S.S.Chien) Efimov 2013

Photo by Jin Xiao Nian

Common Name Huangshan Mountain Platanthera [A moutain range in Anhui province of China]

Flower Size

Found in Anhui province of China in marshlands at elevations of 1400 meters as a cool growing terrestrial with a narrowly ellipsoid tuber giving rise to an erect stem carrying 1 to 2, basal, oblong, acute, bract-like leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, 8 to 9 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying secund flowers

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide

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